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the name of Minis taxifolia, in 1820. It was also gathered on the banks ofthe Columbia by Mr. Lewis, and specimens of it were seen in his herbariumby Pursh. In 1825, the tree was re-discovered by Douglas, and coneswere sent home by him, from which plants were raised by the London Hor-ticultural Society, in 1826, and distributed throughout the country. Thetrees appear to be as hardy in England as the silver fir; and in Scotland , inPerthshire, at Methven Castle, they produce shoots of from 1 ft. 4in. to 1 ft.6 in. long every year. The tree bore cones, for the first time in England, atDropmore, in 1835, when the plant there already mentioned produced onecone. This year (1837) it has above a dozen; so that, in all probability, therewill soon be abundance of seeds of this species, from which extensive planta-tions may be raised, and the value of the species as a timber tree proved.In the mean time, the plant is readily propagated by cuttings, which appear tomake as good trees as seedling plants.
Statistics. In the neighbourhood of London , at Muswell Hill, it is 9 ft. high ; at the Duke of De-vonshire’s Villa, at Chiswick , and at Hendon Rectory, 9 ft. high. In Kent, at Cobham Hall, it is 8 ft.high. In Bedfordshire, at Flit wick House, it is 6 ft. high. In Berkshire , at Highclere, it is 8ft. high ;at Englefield House, 13 ft, high. In Hertfordshire, at Danesbury, it is 6 ft. high ; at Cheshunt , it is9ft. high. In Yorkshire, at Scoresby, in the garden of J. Wood, Esq., it is 19 ft. 4 in high. In Stafford-shire, at Rolleston Hall, it is 8 ft. high. — In Scotland, at Edinburgh , in the Experimental Carden,Inverleith, it is 6 ft. Gin. high. In Cromarty, at Cool, it is 6 ft. high. In Dumfriesshire, at JardineHall, it is 13 ft. 2 in. high. In Fifeshire , at Lahill. the variety is 14 ft. high. In Renfrewshire, atCaldcieuch, near Glasgow , the species is 7 ft. 6 in. high.
t 8. A. Menzie's// Douglas. Menzies’s, or the warted-branched, Spruce Fir.
Identification. Doug. MS., Lindl. in Penn. Cyc., 1. p. 32.
Synonymc. Pin us Menzids« Lamb . Pin., 3.
Engravings. Lamb . Pin., 3. t. 89.; and our fig 2232. from Lambert, and the seeds from specimensin the Horticultural Society’s herbarium sent home by Douglas.
Spec. Ckar.,4rc. Leaves acute, flat; silvery beneath, turned in every direc-tion. Cones cy-lindrical ; scalesscarions, gnawedon the margin.
Pin.) Leaves fin.long. Cones from2Jin.to 3in.long,and from 1 in. toIf in.broad; scalesfin. long, and fin.broad. Seed ve-ry small, scarcelyf in. long ; withthe wing, £ in.long. A native ofthe north of Ca-lifornia , where itwas discovered byDouglas, and in-troduced by himin 1831.
Descripiion,$-c. Afree with the gene-njl appearance of A.
Douglasu. Branch-es and branchlets tu-hercled. Buds ovate,acute, covered with resin. Leaves turned in every direction, resupinate from>etng twisted at the base, linear, mucronulate, incurved ; silvery beneath,
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